the saudi embassy _ and then executed in secret.hen executed in secret. ti9 saudi embassy in london gave us a statement which didn't to address concerns about how the country uses the death penalty, but said... these men on death row are all tortured into making confessions according to human rights groups. one, a child at the time of his arrest. forthem one, a child at the time of his arrest. for them and their families, the fear that any day could be their last. transport and public services in france have been badly disrupted by another day of strikes against government plans to push the age of retirement up from 62 to 64. demonstrations have been staged across the country with the biggest this afternoon in paris. the police in paris say that 87,000 people have taken part in today's protest. let's get the latest from our paris correspondent. not to the first time the government has tried to bring about this reform and its meeting again with strong opposition. yeah, our oint again with strong opposition. yeah, your point is — agai

. >> the saudi embassy gave us a statement which did not address concerns about how the country useseath penalty, but said, "we understand there are other countries that have different judicial systems and different views about appropriate penalties. as we respect their right to determine their own laws and customs, we hope others will respect our sovereign right to follow our own judicial and legislative choices." these men on death row were all tortured to make a confession. one a child at the time of their arrest. the fear thatny day can be there last. laura: in other news from around the world, pope francis has begun a historic visit to the democratic republic of congo. it is the first papal visit to the country in four decades. drc is home to millions of catholics. they will then travel to south sudan. french police chiefs have issued a national apology to families. 97 people died in a crash in the crowded soccer stadium in 1989. police leaders have apologized for years of deflection and denial, saying the policing failures of that day and the aftermath can never happen again. a

both countries separate their relations back in 2016 following an attack on the saudi embassy. now, meanwhile, iran has been stepping up dialogue with other partners across the middle east. but a meeting between iran's foreign minister and his tardy counterpart surrounds top diplomat underscored his intention to continue reproach with efforts with bach rain while iraq and kuwait have returned their own best to both countries capital. so let me learn a little bit more crossing live now to professor of political communication for what is dottie adjoining us life here on our team to national a very warm welcome to you. so i thank you very much for coming on the program. i know you've been listening to the story. how do you assess these fresh times by iran and saudi arabia to find a common ground? is there any chance it will succeed? i think there is a chance it does not consider to be an enemy. saudi arabia is a neighbor will be neighbors for many, many centuries, has been a neighbor for many centuries. there's no need for confrontation between 8 and in the last number of the case

fiancÉe of the murdered journalist jamal khashoggi who wrote for "the washington post" in the saudi embassyle in turkiye, him throwing out sovereign immunity? >> to date, carolyn maloney and senator elizabeth warren both announced their going to be investigating payments to jared kushner and to steven mnuchin for confit of interest for reasons that are specified. and they're very hopeful about those investigations will now be expanded to payments to the trump organization. clearly, for many, need papers president trump -- many favors president trump greater to mohamed bin salman's extraordinary protection for mohamed bin salman and his role as the murder of jamal khashoggi and result in direct payback for president trump and his son-in-law and treasury secretary -- we don't know. in terms of lawsuits against mohamed bin salman, which was recently dismissed because the biden administration's recognition of sovereign immunity for crown prince mohamed bin salman, i think it ju reflects the favors, protection, all kinds of grants of favors -- amy: -- >> -- john amy: we have to leave it there. [

but the saudi embassy gave us the statement and it noted that many other nations around the world haveents didn�*t addresses the steep rise in executions under the crown prince or the way the death penalty has been used in controversy shall internationalize. i got a statement as well who told us that it was deeply concerned about the trend in the use of the death penalty in saudi arabia and increasing the number of death sentences issues and upheld including against offenders and for offences that don�*t meet the most serious crimes threshold of international law such as drug—related offences, and executions for drugs resumed in november after an unofficial moratorium. november after an unofficial moratorium-— november after an unofficial moratorium. ., ., ., ,, , ., we�*re going to the middle east now — it�*s day two of a significant visit there. the us secretary of state antony blinken — effectively america�*s foreign minster — has been meeting the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas. here they are together in ramallah. it comes at a time of increased tensions between israelis and pale

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embassy leader the far-right danish party burned the koran then the conversation was over, exclaimed erdogan. deliberate desecration of the quran is considered a criminal offense in afghanistan, saudiia, somalia and pakistan and is punishable by imprisonment or the death penalty. however, in europe and the united states , only a fine is provided for such actions in 2005 in a prison at guantanamo bay, the us military repeatedly tore the quran to pieces and desecrated it with to influence prisoners on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks . american pastor terry. jones swore to burn the koran if swords were built near the twin towers. on what barack obama insisted against the burning of the koran, the secretary general of the united nations of the islamic world, us secretary of state hillary clinton, and even the us attorney general did not build a mosque in the vatican, but pasteur still the koran was later in one of the churches in philadelphia back in 2017, the founder and leader of the danish transmus paluden desecrated the holy scriptures of muslims at his rallies in denmark more than once, and a few days ago he publicly burned the koran in front of the turkish embassy in st

saudi arabia, it turns out, they don't care very much about human rights. >> that's the thing, the greatest test of all-time, right? it is very clear transparent thing happens, it happens in other countries embassyld've imagined. the guy, an american resident, rights for an american newspaper. it is like the perfect experiment to test whether you actually mean anything you say, and all of your rhetoric about freedom and liberty and tyranny abroad. >> this has been a long-standing thing with american conservatives. they caroline about human rights in countries where america has very little influence, because they are the enemies. when it comes to america's own practices, and the practices of governments that we arm, that caroline less. >> i have to say, i am sorry to say, as an american liberal myself, that i'm not sure how well liberals do will not test as well. particularly when it comes -- to >> not enough. >> when it comes to the middle east. yeah, i really -- i guess, in the end, i think to myself, who is mike pompeo for? who is the campaign for? the answer is no one. he'd get mohammed bin salman, but -- >> he won't even get a show on fox news, you know? nothing. >> peter beinart, thank you.